Annal:1990 Festival de Cannes Jury Awards for Feature Films
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Festival de Cannes in the year 1990. For a ranked list of films, try the honor roll.
- 1990 Cannes Palme d’Or
- Score: 10.4
David Lynch’s 1990 Wild at Heart is an utterly random and ugly experience with pockets of startling imagery and inspired set pieces. Based on a Barry Gifford novel, the film stars Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as lovers on the lam whose relationship is tested and who meet some truly dangerous wackos (including an almost-simian Willem Dafoe). Lynch’s thoughts seem to be everywhere, and he expects the audience to keep up with a story that seems more a collection of avant-garde whims than a coherent vision with the intuitive brilliance of his…
